By Joanna Daneman
I have a KitchenAid and I must say, they are as good as their high reputation. I purchased the mixer principally to make bread, but what makes it even better are the accessories. These convert the stand mixer/dough maker into a vegetable processor, grinder and sausage maker. There is also a grain grinder that in truth works rather well. Here are the pros and cons of this set, as I see it:
Pros:
You get a decent meat grinder with two blades, coarse and fine. This means you may make ground turkey with no additives, ground chicken without added fat, or fresh ground beef. You may also grind meat for sausage (about which, later.)
You get a slicer similar to those hand-turned cone types that make cole slaw or waffled carrot slices.
Cons:
The sausage nozzle for filling the casings is not included. This is, in my opinion, in truth dumb. It’s just a couple of pieces of molded plastic. For heaven’s sake, include it.
The slicer is a bit clunky. If you don’t put the bowl to catch the shreds just right, you get slaw all over. And now and then it is hard to get the cone off the flanges of the connecting pin that fits into the mixer attachment point. But screwing it into the mixer and grabbing with a rubber mat normally works for me.
I prefer a mandoline, a feed processor or even a big board and a genuinely sharp chef’s knife to the slicer, but it does save on counter space. So, this is a good thing to have as an addition to your KitchenAid if you do any kind of prep cooking, such as canning, salads, baby foods, venison processing, or sausages. It’s very good quality plastic and metal, even though the cone blade finish seems a bit crude to me. I may commend it, with the reservations I mentioned.
106 of 106 people found the following review helpful.
Nice addition, a little bit cumbersome
By Eugene Mah
I use this with my Kitchenaid Epicurean and in truth get enjoyment from it. Used it to grind our own beef and pork for meatloaf and shredded a great deal of cheese for mac and cheese. The motor provides a great deal of power to grind and shred through just with regards to anything, and the shredding/grinding blades seem to keep their edge rather nicely.
There are a lot of bits to keep track of though, and numerous of them may be a little difficult to clean properly. I also wish the hopper for the grinder attachment was a little bit bigger.
It’s not going to replace my feed processor, but when I have a huge volume of stuff to do, or for things my feed processor’s motor just can’t handle, this surely does the trick.
336 of 352 people found the following review helpful.
Not a good accessory for this splendid mixer
By W. Wilke
I purchased this set in regards to 2 years ago. The shredders work OK, but it is requiring little effort and less mess to chop them by hand. Much of the fabricate gets caught amongst the housing and the shredder. It’s difficult getting uniform cuts. The piece that is poorly designed is the meat grinder. I’m on my second grinder. Both the feeder shaft and the housing are constructed of a plastic molding on metal. Over a comparatively short amount of use, they both begun to crack detached at the unions. This of course is not good, being they are applied on meat and it makes it closely totally unlikely to clean. I would commend going for a good sharp knife and a seperate all metal meat grinder (which I am now looking for).
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